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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Household Participation"”.
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Are Heat and Eat Policies Affecting SNAP Household Participation?
… states to estimate the HandE's effect on SNAP participation. SNAP-LIHEAP participation links are also examined in relation to alternative state policies that bundle application costs. Using SIPP 2008 Panel data, the study employs a household fixed effects model to examine the impact of LIHEAP …
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Hot Stocks and Cold Comfort: A Comparative Study of Optimism in Financial News and Household Participation in Equity Markets in the U.S., France, and Hong Kong, 1985-2008
… contribute to country-level differences in household participation in equity markets. Today about 50% of American households hold stock (or equity) directly or indirectly in publicly traded corporations, while only 24% of French households and 36% Hong Kong adults do so. Publications …
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Intermediation frictions in equity markets
… asset classes with comparatively low barriers to household participation.
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Participation in a household energy audit and retrofit subsidy program
… demand strain placed on utility systems, save households money on their monthly bills, and reduce related emissions. This paper examines the factors that influence household participation in efficiency programs including economic incentives, information effects, social pressures and household …
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A MICRO-LEVEL VIEW OF LOW-INCOME RURAL HOUSING IN BANGLADESH
… including housing. This presents low-income households with a changing scenario within which their efforts to build housing operate. Agency-based housing efforts lack the benefit of rigorous research, especially one that reflects perceptions at the micro-level, primarily of low-income rural …
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Three Essays on Food Stamp Program Participation and Poverty Dynamics
… of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) for low-income households. The first essay entitled “Intensity of Food Stamp Use and Transient and Chronic Poverty: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics” examines the impact of intensity of use of FSP benefits on household exposure to transient and …
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Women's empowerment in informal settlements of the Peruvian Amazon frontier: A case study of 9 de Octubre, Pucallpa-Peru
… organizations: (1) to examine what causes household participation in women's organizations. (2) To explore what type of women's empowerment leads to social development, assuming that women go through a process of empowerment as a result of their participation in women's organizations. The …
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Essays on the economics of municipal and household solid waste disposal and recycling
… of municipal solid waste (MSW) user fees on household generation of solid waste. MSW user fees create a financial incentive for households to decrease their generation of solid waste destined for landfill disposal. Results from a cross-sectional study of 234 cities and towns in New Hampshire …
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Essays on the housing market
… asset, accounting for around 50% of global household wealth. At the household level, a house typically represents the largest asset most households will own through their lifetime. This is even more pronounced in emerging economies where household participation rates in real estate across …